# Incident 19970226004659I: Beech A36, Grand Canyon, AZ, February 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1997, 13:12 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon National Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9524° N, 112.1470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88TP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88TP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 36 (registry code 1151602, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,634 total, 1,097 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970226004659I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 26, 1997, A COMPANY TRAINING FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED FROM L15 TO GCN. DURING THE TRAINING PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S. PILOT REPORTED NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 AND THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE REACHED TO RETRACT FLAPS AND BY MISTAKE RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE, CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT, SKIDDING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. NO NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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